Ash Wednesday: Wearing ashes marks the beginning of Lent

Thousands of faithful will receive ashes on Wednesday. Do you know the meaning behind them?
Maria Cortes Gonzalez

A symbolic cross of blessed ash graces the foreheads of parishioners as seen during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica in Hagåtña on Feb. 14, 2018.(Photo: Rick Cruz/PDN)

Business was tough and Groen's largely Catholic customers stayed away from the restaurant on Fridays and not just during Lent. To lure them back in, he came up with what has now become a fast-food classic, with an iconic singing bass shilling it.